The thing to bear in mind is that silk-watered steel sword blades aside, we don't forget things we've invented much. Fusarium as 'Quorn' didn't disappear, it just became less pressing as the 1960s fear of mass starvation faded a bit under the impact of modern agricultural practice.
Quorn and its legitimate descendants of tank bread organisms continue to exist.
And, beyond style high-haem vegetable protein will continue to exist. Sure, the company might go bust but somebody venal (KKR?) will buy the IPR, and it will persist as a model. And the non-IPR components of knowledge about veg-meat will be taken on as lessons: Don't underestimate the production costs of things like this.
I'm with Michael Pollan on food. This stuff is great snacking, every now and then but your grandma wouldn't recommend eating beyond every day.
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The thing to bear in mind is that silk-watered steel sword blades aside, we don't forget things we've invented much. Fusarium as 'Quorn' didn't disappear, it just became less pressing as the 1960s fear of mass starvation faded a bit under the impact of modern agricultural practice.
Quorn and its legitimate descendants of tank bread organisms continue to exist.
And, beyond style high-haem vegetable protein will continue to exist. Sure, the company might go bust but somebody venal (KKR?) will buy the IPR, and it will persist as a model. And the non-IPR components of knowledge about veg-meat will be taken on as lessons: Don't underestimate the production costs of things like this.
I'm with Michael Pollan on food. This stuff is great snacking, every now and then but your grandma wouldn't recommend eating beyond every day.
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